Information
Vessel:
Report (sitrep) ID:
19604
Universal time (UTC):
05:00
Australian time (AEST):
16:00
Position:
66° 50′ S, 69° 49′ E
Heading:
107
Speed:
4.5 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
202 NM
Weather conditions:
Cloudy skies, clear throughout. Wind 10kts from the west.
Air temperature:
−8.5 °C
Sea conditions:
Calm
Sea temperature:
−1.8 °C
Comments
After one shot with the RMT the old DOS based computer that opens and closes the net gasped, rolled over and died.
We continued running transects using only the acoustic sounding equipment.
We are now set up to do a demersal trawl before re running a couple of lines with the RMT using the work around to open and close the net, our Science Technical Support guru Kym has cooked up!
Yesterday and today we have been cruising through patches of new greeny brown pancake ice reminiscent of the algal bloom seen by satellite and sampled a few years ago.
Cheers,
Andy and Simon
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